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At this point, VMware ESXi 5.1 Update 1, ESXi 5.1 Update 2 and ESXi 5.5 are supported for this version of VRTX release.

NOTE: VMware ESXi5.5 Update 1 support for PowerEdge VRTX is targeted for June release which includes “Fault Tolerant Shared PERC 8” support

The specific details of ESXi version support and the driver version details are outlined below.

ESXi5.1U1:

Dell Customized ESXi 5.1U1 A03 Image carries Shared PERC8 Driver Version megaraid-sas- 06.801.52.00 (Single Controller). For Customers who want to upgrade to Dual Controller in VRTX with ESXi5.1U1, need to upgrade Driver version to megaraid-sas- 06.802.71.00. This driver can be downloaded from VMware site.For VRTX to work in Fault Tolerant mode(Dual Controller), FW stack(CMC, Main Board FW and PERC FW) has to upgraded to latest releases available at support.dell.com.

NOTE: Customers who are installing ESXi5.1U2 on VRTX single controller system, need to upgrade the FW stack of CMC, Mainboard and PERC8 to latest versions available at Dell support site.

Multipathing support in VMware ESXi for PowerEdge VRTX

Dell recommends to use “Most Recently Used” path policy in VMware ESXi to support multipath in PowerEdge VRTX. Refer to Multipath Support In VMWare section in PowerEdge VRTX Shared PERC 8 User Guide for more details.